I would enter... but I don't want to pay the $12 per photo entry fee. I just can't bring myself to pay to enter to maybe (but probably not) win a prize....

I'm going to enter, why not. Yes there's a fee, but with the big guys there usually is! Thanks for posting the link Jessie.

I know of one that looks really good! Its called Fields of the World, that 1-800-Flowers is having. All you have to do is submit a photo and tell them a story behind the photo, preferable a little info about the country and why you took the photo. Pretty easy huh? Here's the link: http://1800flowers.eprize.net/fieldsoftheworld/

You cannot enter the Fields of the World if you live in Australia - I tried.

Have a nice day, Whistler.


Travel broadens the mind and flattens the wallet. SMC.

Found this competition for those in Australia, being run by Lonely Planet and Angus and Robertson bookstores. Was going to enter until I read this in the conditions.....

15. On submission, your entry becomes the property of Lonely Planet, and you give Lonely Planet a worldwide, irrevocable licence to reproduce, publish, adapt, communicate and broadcast all or part of it in any form and media, and to sublicense those rights (including to Lonely Planets related companies, licensee publishers and partners). You also consent to Lonely Planet editing, re-using, storing, reproducing and communicating your entry in any medium. Lonely Planet will decide whether you should be attributed.

Bastards.

Fodor's is running an Alaska photo competition for the 2009 Fodor's Alaska guide.

Boots should have one as well ...part of the 10 year anniversary thing ;-)

Hi!
I recently put together this website with a couple of friends:
http://www.photoburst.net

Photoburst's purpose is to give you a daily dose of good quality Travel Photography while giving you the opportunity to win a US$100 B&H gift certificate every month.

If you have any questions, please reply to this topic.

Cheers!
Pedro

National Geographic has a photo contest running now, with the prize being a Grand Canyon trip.

Portraits Photo Contest - Co-hosted by Photrade & Digital Photography School, this one is all about portraits (which I know many people take when traveling, either of people they know or of locals), and the prizes include new cameras.

End date is October 31, 2008

Wend Magazine is having weekly photo contests with lots of gear for prizes.
http://www.wendmag.com/blog/2008/12/02/theres-still-time-to-win-a-watch/

I see Lonely Planet continue to be stingey bastards when it comes to using photos submitted in their competitions.

This is from a competition being run by Lonely Planet in partnership with travel company Intrepid Travel:

While the photographer retains the copyright of all images submitted as competition entries, Intrepid Travel and our Intrepid Photography Competition partners reserve the right to unlimited use of the photos for company brochures, promotion and advertising.

It annoys me when competitions are run for the sole purpose of increasing the library of a certain company, with no real effort on their part. Give me a competition that celebrates the art of photography for it's own sake any day (such as the Heart of Gold International Photographic Competition). http://www.heartofgold.com.au/hogip/home.html